The Retreat

Name: The Retreat
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: May 21, 2021
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Aaron Ashmore, Celina Sinden, Chad Connell, Gavin Fox, Joey Coleman

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Quiver Distribution | Release Date: May 21, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Aaron Ashmore, Celina Sinden, Chad Connell, Gavin Fox, Joey Coleman, Munro Chambers, Patrick Garrow, Rossif Sutherland, Sarah Allen, Tommie-Amber Pirie

Summary: Renee and Valerie, a couple at a cross roads in their relationship, leave the city to spend the week at a remote cabin with friends. But when they arrive, their friends are nowhere to be found. As they stumble through their relationship woes, they discover they are being hunted by a group of militant extremists who are determined toRenee and Valerie, a couple at a cross roads in their relationship, leave the city to spend the week at a remote cabin with friends. But when they arrive, their friends are nowhere to be found. As they stumble through their relationship woes, they discover they are being hunted by a group of militant extremists who are determined to exterminate them.… Expand

Director: Pat Mills

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 82 min

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Anne T. Donahue

May 27, 2021

Much like the heroes of this story, The Retreat manages to defy expectations. And while some gory clichés still abound, it makes for a gruesome, gritty thriller that lets its leads shine. Read full review

Thom Ernst

May 21, 2021

The Retreat’s premise is as effective as it is disconcerting. The violence against its gay characters is horrific, but the film’s gimmicks and twists eliminate it from adding much to a conversation about hate crimes. And the surprisingly comic elements that arrive in the third act suggest there was never any intent to be political. Read full review

IndieWire Kate Erbland

May 20, 2021

There’s something much bigger afoot, something truly subversive and new, but The Retreat resists digging into that, instead leaning on its (admittedly, badass) leading ladies and their inspiring ability to kick butt. We love to see it, but we’d really love to see more. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

May 20, 2021

The Retreat may be horror by the numbers, but there are solid reasons these character types and story tropes are recycled, again and again. As they teach you in horror film school, they endure because they work, even if they don’t have a prayer of surprising anybody as they do. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

May 28, 2021

Underlit, shot in the same murky beiges that plague so many low budget horrors, and not as profound as it thinks it is, it isn't quite exploitation schlock or a cerebral shocker, instead relying on both conventions for a hybrid that ends up with the satisfaction of neither. Read full review

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